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Thinking that I understood the rule,I stupidly wrote "Oui c'est bon," and of course got it wrong. My natural inclination was to put "oui, c'est bonne." But, I veered because of the rule. Obviously, I do not understand the rule. Would you please explain it more clearly? :o)
It is the other way round, I think.
Since you can't end the sentence with à qui (etc), how would you express something like this? "Yes, that's the one I was thinking of" / "That's the one I was thinking about"
Do you basically have to make it more like "Yes, that's the one of which I was thinking"? Having trouble figuring out how to express it in French.
The English translation “I love the strawberries that Mum picked up.” suggests that Mum went to the store to buy them, or somewhere else to collect them. If the meaning was that she picked them off the plant, then the sentence should be “I love the strawberries that Mum picked.”
“Quel plaisir de recevoir DE tes nouvelles” and “J’espère recevoir DE tes nouvelles”. When do you need to add the “de” after “recevoir”? Does it depend on the noun, in this case “tes nouvelles”? Because it seems other nouns can follow this verb without a preposition e.g. “Quel plaisir de recevoir ton cadeau” and “J’espère recevoir une lettre”.
My dictionary offers both as a translation of teaspoon. Only the latter was accepted in this exercise. Is there a distinction? In English, a teaspoon is a smaller spoon, i.e. smaller than a tablespoon, used to eat with or to stir something. A teaspoon is also a unit of measurement. We use the same word for both. What about French ? Is there a difference between petite cuillère and cuillère à café ?
Why is this sentence je ferai parvenir le dossier à Jean dès que possible put the prounoun lui before ferai?
But Tuesday devrais prêter attention when ce qu'il dit put the pronoun between devrais and prêter?
Thanks for helping
I am not clear about the position of "jamais rien" in these sentences below. Sentence #1 is listed as the correct answer - but it seems that the order of "jamais rien" in the second sentence is similar to examples shown in the lesson.
SENTENCE #1 Il ne dit jamais rien à personne.
SENTENCE #2 (my answer) Il ne jamais rien dit à personne.
Help, please! Thanks
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